Landslide damages two houses in Asajaya
ASAJAYA: Two houses were destroyed in a landslide at Kampung Tambirat Tengah here, yesterday. According to the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre spokesperson, they received a distress call on the incident at around 10.45pm. Firemen from Asajaya station and the Civil Defence Force (APM) were immediately despatched to the scene. Upon arriving, […]
Noon fire renders eight villagers homeless
MIRI: A total eight people including a five-month-old baby girl and an elderly couple in their 80s from three families were made homeless by a fire that destroyed their double-storey wooden house in Lorong 1C Pujut Tanjong Batu at noon yesterday (April 26). Lopeng Fire station chief, Mohamad Hamdani Madon, said that the house was […]
Fire leaves twelve homeless
SIBU: Twelve individuals were rendered homeless after their rental house at Kampung Jariah here was gutted by a fire on Monday (Apr 5). Firemen from Sibu and Sungai Merah fire stations responded to the emergency call on the 2.47pm incident. Upon arrival, the double-storey house was already destroyed. At the time of the incident, five […]
Fire destroys wooden house in Bintangor
BINTANGOR: A double storey wooden house here at Jalan Yong Sing was engulfed in flames last Sunday (Jan 3). Bintangor fire chief PPgB Nicholas Belulin said they received a distress call around 9.43pm and immediately despatched their men to the scene. Upon arrival, they found the house was already destroyed and they faced difficulties in […]
Four left homeless in blaze
KUCHING: Four occupants escaped unhurt albeit homeless after a house they were staying in at Taman Desa Wira, Batu Kawa was razed by fire last Saturday night. The four — two men and two women, managed to get out of the house before the fire spread. It is uncertain whether they are family members or […]
Little hut goes up in flames
KUCHING: A small hut (pondok) at Jalan Liu Shan Bang, Kota Sentosa here caught fire on Monday (Nov 23). The State Fire Department operations centre was told about it around 2.30pm and firemen from Batu Lintang fire station were despatched to the scene. Operations commander Raffy Saibi said that the 15-by-20-foot wooden hut was ablaze […]
Fire destroys house in Maludam
BETONG: Fire razed a single-storey house to the ground at Kampung Semarang Pusa, Maludam on Monday (Oct 26). A call was placed to the Saratok fire and rescue station around 8.45pm but when firefighters arrived at the scene, the wooden house was already destroyed. A house nearby suffered 10 per cent damage to its structure […]
Fire guts double-storey house
PADAWAN: A double-storey house at Kampung Darul Islam Belimbing, Jalan Puncak Borneo here was destroyed in a fire on Monday (Oct 26). The Fire and Rescue Department operations centre received a distress call on the incident at 10.49am. Upon firefighters’ arrival, the fire had razed the 20×60 square feet semi-permanent house. It was reported that […]
House, cars destroyed in fire
SIMUNJAN: A double-storey house at at Kampung Kancong in Simunjan was razed to the ground on Wednesday. According to State Fire and Rescue Department, a distress call about the incident was received by Malaysian Emergency Response Service (MERS) 999 at 6.16pm. Following the call, a team of firefighters from Simunjan fire station was immediately despatched […]
Man made homeless in evening fire
MIRI: A man from Kampung Serdang in Jalan Kuala Lawas was made homeless on Thursday evening, after a fire destroyed his wooden house. Prior to the incident, the 62 year-old man, was cutting some woods nearby , when he spotted smokes billowing from one of his rooms inside the house. He had tried to put […]
